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Statement by HUSD Board President Lisa Brunner On Superintendent's Paid Leave

Below is the full text of the statement issued by Hayward Unified School District Board President Lisa Brunner regarding Superintendent Stan Dobbs being placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into troubled former 49ers Ray McDonald speaking  to a group of at-risk teens at Tennyson High School in February.

Hayward Unified School District

Statement by Board President Lisa Brunner

Regular Board Meeting - June 29, 2016

An ongoing investigation into the circumstances under which Ray McDonald was invited to speak to Tennyson High School students continues to reveal new developments, including the Board's conclusion that the blame placed by the Superintendent's Office on Principal Lori Villanueva was unwarranted.  We need to look further into this and further analyze what was actually done.  At this point, however, two things are prodigiously apparent:

  1. The Superintendent should be placed on immediate administrative leave; and
  2. The Superintendent's Office owes Ms. Villanueva an apology.

It is apparent, in order to maintain a clean, transparent investigation, and analysis of the results as we further examine this McDonald incident, we need to remove the Superintendent's Office and Public Information Office from any further handling of any inquiries or anything else related to it.

Since the investigation has been authorized by the Board, as Board President, I will be responsible and available to the public and the media on behalf of the Board to answer questions and provide official information as soon as more facts become available.

We know many of the District's stakeholders appreciate the work of the Superintendent.  We acknowledge that the work we authorized him to do, the work that he was assigned to do, he did very well.  He did a great job.  The work he was NOT authorized to do is what is causing great concern.  The things he did on his own, without informing the Board or worse by providing misinformation to the Board, are causing great consternation.

Because of the situation the Superintendent has placed us in, and the nature of the investigation itself, this is all it is wise to say right now. However, I intend to report back to you when more facts have become apparent or when we have concluded the investigation and have analyzed the results.  This is just the first step and one piece of what we need to do for the families and students of the Hayward Unified School District.

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